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Biography

Born Jonathan Charasuchin on November 6th 1914 in The Bronx New York, Jonathan was the second of 3 children. His family barely scraped by,…more

Born

11/6/1914, Bronx,New York,USA

Died

11/3/2002

Birth Name

Jonathan Charasuchin

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (17)

Role
- Channel Umptee-3
  Stickley Rickets
  - S 1: Ep 13 Words Are Weird
    2/20/98
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Lying Show
    2/13/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 Yours, Mine, and Ours
    2/6/98
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Weather Show
    1/16/98
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Fear Show
    1/9/98
  - + 8 More Credits
- Freakazoid!
  Professor Jones (voice)
  - S 2: Ep 11 Normadeus
    6/1/97
  - S 2: Ep 10 Freak-a-Panel / Tomb of Invisibo
    5/31/97
- Freakazoid!
  Professor Jones (Second season) (voice)
  - S 2: Ep 9 Two Against Freak
    2/14/97
  - S 2: Ep 8 Island of Dr. Mystico
    2/7/97
  - S 2: Ep 7 Statuesque
    11/29/96
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Matter of Love
    11/16/96
  - S 2: Ep 5 Hero Boy
    11/9/96
  - + 17 More Credits
- Problem Child
  Ben Healy (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 6 Weird Olympics
    12/4/95
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Cyndi Kerrigan Story
    12/18/93
  - S 1: Ep 7 Junior Healy
    12/11/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tiny Ben
    11/27/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Grease My Palm
    11/20/93
  - + 5 More Credits
- Don Coyote & Sancho Panda
  Additional voices
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Last Stance
    7/1/93
  - S 2: Ep 13 Don Coyote & the Secret Weapon
    12/8/91
  - S 2: Ep 12 Don Coyote & the Christmas Bell
    12/1/91
  - S 2: Ep 11 Don Coyote & the Feudin' Families
    11/24/91
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Haunted Inheritance
    11/17/91
  - + 28 More Credits
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
  Mortdredd
  - S 1: Ep 13 Dawn of the Sun Imps
    12/14/87
  - S 1: Ep 11 Sorcery Squared
    12/7/87
  - S 1: Ep 12 Honor Among Thieves
    11/30/87
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Trail of the Three Wizards
    11/23/87
  - S 1: Ep 9 Horn of Unicorn, Claw of Dragon
    11/16/87
  - + 8 More Credits
- Space Academy
  Commander Isaac Gampu
  - S 1: Ep 15 Johnny Sunseed
    12/17/77
  - S 1: Ep 14 Star Legend
    12/10/77
  - S 1: Ep 13 Space Hookey
    12/3/77
  - S 1: Ep 12 My Favorite Marcia
    11/26/77
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Phantom Planet
    10/29/77
  - + 3 More Credits
- Space Academy
  Commander Gampu
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Cheat
    11/19/77
  - S 1: Ep 10 Life Begins at 300
    11/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 9 Planet of Fire
    11/5/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 There's No Place Like Home
    10/8/77
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hide and Seek
    9/24/77
  - + 2 More Credits
- My Favorite Martians
  Uncle Martin O'Hara (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 16 Garage Sale
    12/22/73
  - S 1: Ep 15 Credibility Gap
    12/15/73
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Chump Who Cried Chimp
    12/8/73
  - S 1: Ep 13 Love: Martian Style
    12/1/73
  - S 1: Ep 12 Truant Teacher
    11/24/73
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Three Musketeers
  the voice of Athos
  - S 1: Ep 18 Tooly's Treasure Hunt
    1/11/69
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Fair Day for Tooly
    12/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Tooly's Surprise
    12/21/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Haunted Castle
    12/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Mysterious Message
    12/7/68
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
  Athos of the Three Musketeers (voice)
- Lost In Space
  Dr. Zachary Smith
  - S 3: Ep 24 Junkyard In Space
    3/6/68
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Great Vegetable Rebellion
    2/28/68
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Flaming Planet
    2/21/68
  - S 3: Ep 21 Space Beauty
    2/14/68
  - S 3: Ep 20 Fugitives In Space
    1/31/68
  - + 77 More Credits
- The Third Man
  Bradford Webster
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Luck of Harry Lime
    8/27/65
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Man at the Top
    8/13/65
  - S 3: Ep 10 The House of Bon-Bons
    8/6/65
  - S 3: Ep 9 Frame Up
    9/26/64
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Big Kill
    9/12/64
  - + 72 More Credits
- The Bill Dana Show
  Mr. Phillips the Hotel Manager
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Court Jester
    1/17/65
  - S 2: Ep 15 Jose, The Old Man
    1/10/65
  - S 2: Ep 14 Beauty and the Bellhop
    1/3/65
  - S 2: Ep 13 Glick, The Strongman
    12/27/64
  - S 2: Ep 12 Tonsils for Two
    12/20/64
  - + 32 More Credits
- The Bill Dana Show
  Mr. Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 17 Jose's Four Amigos
    2/2/64
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Tip for Uncle Sam
    1/19/64
- The Twilight Zone
  George Alfred
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Silence
    4/28/61
- The Twilight Zone
  Doctor
  - S 2: Ep 17 Twenty-Two
    2/10/61
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Battlestar Galactica
  Lucifer (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Living Legend (2)
    12/3/78
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Living Legend (1)
    11/26/78
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
    10/29/78
- Battlestar Galactica
  voice of Lucifer
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Young Lords
    11/19/78
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Lost Planet of the Gods (1)
    9/24/78
Guest Star (65)

Role
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Geri the Cleaner
  - S 5: Ep 4 Toy Story 2
    11/4/01
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  <A href=http://home.jps.net/~lsnyder/Era.htm>Era</a>
  - S 1: Ep 20 A Zoo Out There
    10/23/00
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  <a href=http://home.jps.net/~lsnyder/Era.htm>Era</a>
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tag Team
    10/11/00
- The Angry Beavers
  Julius Caesar
  - S 2: Ep 9 Friends, Romans, Beavers! / Big Round Sticky Fish Thingy
    9/27/98
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Miles Warren
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Return Of Hydro-Man (2)
    10/31/97
- Extreme Ghostbusters
  voice of The Salesman
  - S 1: Ep 13 Be Careful What You Wish For
    9/24/97
- Superman: The Animated Series
  Julian Frey
  - S 2: Ep 7 Target
    9/19/97
- The Mask
  Satan/Bub
  - S 2: Ep 28 Convention of Evil
    10/10/96
- Rainbow Brite
  Count Blogg
  - S 1: Ep 14 Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
    11/15/85
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Queen of the Sprites
    3/7/85
- Fantasy Island
  Chief Wine Judge
  - S 3: Ep 14 Look-Alikes / The Winemaker
    12/22/79
- Battlestar Galactica
  Lucifer (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 15 War of the Gods (1)
    1/14/79
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Long Patrol
    10/15/78
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Lost Planet of the Gods (2)
    10/1/78
- Vegas
  Used Car Salesman
  - S 1: Ep 4 Love, Laugh and Die
    10/18/78
- Ark II
  Fagin
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Drought
    11/13/76
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Flies
    9/11/76
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 14: Ep 41 The Love Song of the Cuckoo Birds
    6/9/74
- Sanford and Son
  Emile Bonnet
  - S 2: Ep 22 Pot Luck
    2/23/73
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 47 Love and the Check
    12/10/71
- Funny Face
  Captain Wonderful
  - S 1: Ep 12 Captain Wonderful
    12/4/71
- Night Gallery
  Nick Porteus
  - S 2: Ep 9 Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay
    9/29/71
- McMillan & Wife
  Mr. Wortzel
  - S 1: Ep 0 Once Upon a Dead Man
    9/17/71
- Bewitched
  Sir Leslie
  - S 7: Ep 6 Paul Revere Rides Again
    10/29/70
- Love, American Style
  Mr. Benjamin
  - S 1: Ep 68 Love and the Millionaire
    3/13/70
- Get Smart
  Bulmanian Ambassador
  - S 5: Ep 20 How Green Was My Valet
    2/13/70
- Land of the Giants
  The Piper
  - S 2: Ep 17 Pay The Piper
    1/11/70
- Lancer
  Padraic McGloins
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Black McGloins
    1/21/69
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  Dr. Milton Rodman
  - S 1: Ep 13 Love is a Toothache
    12/21/68
- Bewitched
  Monroe
  - S 5: Ep 3 Samantha on the Keyboard
    10/10/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 14 September 26, 1968
    9/26/68
  - S 5: Ep 199 June 8, 1967
    6/8/67
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 222 June 28, 1968
    6/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 200 June 1, 1968
    6/1/68
- Happening '68
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 15 Jonathan Harris
    4/13/68
- Vacation Playhouse
  Money Collector
  - S 4: Ep 5 My Lucky Penny
    8/8/66
- Lost In Space
  Dr Zachary Smith
- The Rogues
  Paul Duval
  - S 1: Ep 28 Grave Doubts
    3/28/65
- The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
  Farnsworth
  - S 13: Ep 2 A Letter of Recommendation
    10/14/64
- Bonanza
  Charles Dickens
  - S 5: Ep 2 A Passion for Justice
    9/29/63
- Outlaws
  Sam Twyfford
  - S 1: Ep 20 Outrage at Pawnee Bend
    4/6/61
- General Electric Theater
  Trapollini
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Small Elephants
    3/12/61
- The Law and Mr. Jones
  Reynolds
  - S 1: Ep 15 Exit
    1/27/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
  - S 1: Ep 12 The House of Seven Gables
    12/11/60
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
  - S 2: Ep 12 The house of the Seven Gables
    12/11/60
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  The Dragon
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Reluctant Dragon
    11/13/60
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Dragon (Voice)
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Reluctant Dragon
    10/13/60
- The Play of the Week
  Amos Legrand
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Grass Harp
    3/28/60
- General Electric Theater
  Fouresh
  - S 8: Ep 23 The Book of Silence
    3/6/60
- Zorro
  Don Carlos
  - S 2: Ep 26 Manhunt
    4/2/59
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Hound of the Sierras
    3/26/59
  - S 2: Ep 24 Zorro and the Mountain Man
    3/19/59
- General Electric Theater
  Favier
  - S 7: Ep 1 Blaze of Glory
    9/21/58
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Ferguson
  - S 11: Ep 39 The Man Who Didn't Fly
    7/16/58
- Climax!
  Fritz Weiser
  - S 4: Ep 31 The Big Success
    5/8/58
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 29 The Kind Mr. Smith
    4/25/58
- General Electric Theater
  Hong Kong Sam
  - S 6: Ep 28 The Cold Touch
    4/13/58
- Telephone Time
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 28 Man of Principle
    3/25/58
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Lord Karsch
  - S 1: Ep 2 Rumpelstiltskin
    2/2/58
- Studio One
  Master of Ceremonies
  - S 10: Ep 2 First Prize for Murder
    9/16/57
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Von Braun
  - S 8: Ep 14 Slow Assassination: Perón Vs. La Prensa
    4/16/57
- Omnibus
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Theatre Breaks Loose
    3/3/57
  - S 5: Ep 5 Let There be Farce
    11/4/56
- Studio One
  Dr. Wetheril
  - S 8: Ep 40 Mr. Arcularis
    6/25/56
- Studio One
  Mr. Dickinson
  - S 8: Ep 34 The Genie of Sutton Place
    5/14/56
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Exton
  - S 3: Ep 17 King Richard II
    1/24/54
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 Better than Walking
    10/26/52
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Legendre
  - S 1: Ep 20 Reign of Terror
    5/18/52
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Buccaneer
    6/18/51
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Wisdom Tooth
    3/2/51
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Ponzi Story
    12/8/50
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 36 Portrait by Rembrandt
    4/30/51
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 26 A Different World
    2/13/51
- Lights Out (1949)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Masque of the Red Death
    1/29/51
  - S 2: Ep 45 The Devil to Pay (restaged)
    7/17/50
- The Web (1950)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 14 Blessed are the Meek
    10/4/50
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Orderly Mr. Appleby
    7/11/50
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 8 His Name Is Jason
    11/7/49
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals
  Himself/Dr. Zachary Smith
  - S 1: Ep 3 Lost in Space Forever
    4/1/08

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- He was the first actor to receive a "Special Guest Star" credit; this was because his character was added to the series after the other characters' billing had been contractually set. Technically a regular and not a guest star, the credit means that he holds the world's record for making guest appearances in a single series - a record that is not likely to be broken in the near future.
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- Best remembered by the public for his special guest starring role as Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space.
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- As a mere 8-year-old, future producer John Lasseter, who would later work with Harris in both It's a Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, was said to be a fan of Harris, prior to watching Lost in Space, which was a childhood dream come true for John.
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- Jonathan Harris: (On trying his hand on being a leading man of the 1940s) I thought I was Cary Grant. Oh, I looked into the mirror, and said, 'Yes, Yes. It's Cary Grant.' And then, I pulled myself together and said, 'Are you kidding?' You're a character man.
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- Jonathan Harris: (In 1997) Did you know that I hang in the Smithsonian Institution? Yes, I do! In the science-fiction hall there are three pictures of me with the robot!
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- Jonathan Harris: (From where he was born that developed his accent) I was born in New York City, and you know something interesting? My original speech was 'Listen to me! I was born on Teddy Teddy Street and Teddy Avenue, and that's the way it is, see! Want a little coffee? Let's go and have coffee, right?' I could not play a part like that, I'd fall apart laughing on the floor. It's been so long, I'd gotten away with that.
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